About Us
Living Longer Living StrongerTM is an evidence based program that encourages and supports change in the health and fitness sectors to achieve improved health, quality of life and fitness for people aged over 50 years.
The program seeks to maximise opportunities for people to engage in affordable, high quality, results orientated, strength training programs over the longer term.
The concept has been developed and tested in Victoria since 1999. Victoria now has over 135 providers (July 2009) working in collaboration with the Council on the Ageing Victoria to provide individualised training programs.
COTA Tasmania and COTA New South Wales have also run or are currently running Living Longer Living Stronger. COTA South Australia runs a similar program called Strength for Life. For more information please click on one of the links above.
Living Longer Living StrongerTM program optimises conditions for social engagement of participants both to foster compliance with the training program and to minimise the social isolation frequently experienced by those seniors with poor health.
The concept was introduced into Western Australia in 2004 and currently provides quality, individualised exercise programs at over 70 locations state wide from Broome to Esperance and everywhere in between.
Supported by the Western Australian Department of Health, Living Longer Living Stronger aims to reduce the risk and number of falls in those over 50.